Typhus epidemic strikes the city of Naples during World War II. Two men carry a patient on a stretcher into a hospital. Improvised history form of a patient who suffers from typhus. Rashes all over the chest of the patient. The eyes of the patient are checked. The patient's tongue is sticking out. The head of the patient is lifted up. The body temperature chart of the patient after diagnosis. Affected legs of the patient. Laboratory tests are carried out in critical diagnosis. Tube tests are carried out. A USA Typhus Commission 6-point typhus control chart.
Typhus epidemic strikes the city of Naples during World War II. Members of American Typhus control crew give DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) dustings to prisoners in a local jail. An ambulance moves out of a 'Delousing Service Depot' in Naples. Dusting crew on a rail road car. Crew from U.S. flying squadrons delouse children. Booster shots are given to U.S. military personnel. A policeman and a civilian. A chart shows the number of patients before delousing and vaccination and the fall in the number of patients after delousing and vaccination. Italian people and children on streets. Views of happy children. A boy turns the large wheel on a hand cranked barrel piano (precursor to the player piano) in the street to make it play music. Various views of Naples.
U.S. 7th Army troops march at embarkation point in Naples prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Troops board LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Cub planes make landings on LST. Allied troops at rest and recreation. A pilot boards a Cub aboard LST. LST underway at sea. Pilots practice take off. Ships fire towards the Italian coasts. Amphibious assault team land at Italian coast to practice assault. Troops wade across water. Troops leave landing crafts. War ships approach the coast. Heavy blasts in coastal areas. Troops advance on the field.
U.S. troops aboard deck of LST (Landing Craft, Tank). LST underway at sea. Ships of invasion force underway. LC (Landing Craft) underway at sea. Pontoon section launched from side of LST. PC (Patrol Craft) underway. Other LC (Landing Craft) and auxiliary ships in the background. Pontoon section alongside LST. Soldiers on deck of the ship close ashore. (World War II period).
Shore line of Sicily. LC (Landing Craft) on shore. Allied troops wade ashore upon landing in Sicily during World War II. Troops drive Jeep on beach.
Beachhead activities after Allied troops land on Sicily. Soldier shaves on beach. 20 MM gun crew on alert. Soldiers cook at captured German mess kitchen. Old man and woman on beach. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and pontoon causeways close shore. DUKW (six wheel drive amphibious truck) run up on beach and drive along shore. (World War II period).
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